Queen of Diamonds Socks

This project took me forever! I started on them back in October, quickly finished the first sock and knit up just past the heel on the second, got confused, and then put them down for a month. If I thought I was confused before I put them down, I was in for a real shock when I finally picked them back up! I had to rip back right to where I did the gussets and study the pattern for a bit before I could figure out what I needed to do again. I won’t be putting another pair of patterned socks down for that long again, no way. I finished the leg in a day, even having to rip from the first sock to have enough yarn to finish the second. At the end I had a tiny little ball left. I did a horrible job sewing the picot cuff, and I’m not sure that I’ll be attempting that again any time soon. Regardless I still love the socks! The yarn is my own handspun BFL that I did back in June. I still knit it on size 1s even though it was a dk-ish weight, and my hands paid for it. I did a modification/huge mistake on these due to not checking for errata – it should have been obvious when I saw that there were symbols on the chart that weren’t listed on the key. So instead of any cables, I did them all as twisted stitches – oh well! They still look pretty darn good and they are both the same (even though one does look shorter in the pic), so no harm no foul right?

I have been here several times, and looked all the stuff you are making. The sweater is absolutely gourgous, and the socks too. You have some plans for next year i can see. I have been queing a lot of socks, need to knit up some sockyarn, and I have some merinoyarn here too, red colour, for a tunique for myself. Have a nice time these days.
Did you see that I have got a new blog?